trachtenberg school of public policy and public administration
Student Wins AABPA Competition
By Philip Joyce, Professor, Trachtenberg School
The Trachtenberg School is pleased to announce that four of its Each of the TSPPPA finalists produced the research included
students were recently selected to be among the seven finalists for in their posters as part of a class, Budget and Tax Policy, jointly
the 2009 Mary Kathryn Kubat Award for Student Research, and that taught by TSPPPA adjunct faculty Marvin Phaup and Diane Rogers
one of these finalists was among the three winning research proj- “The work of these students reflects well on themselves, their
ects selected The research competition is sponsored by the Ameri- professors, and the Trachtenberg School as a whole,” said TSPPPA
can Association for Budget and Program Analysis (AABPA), the lead- Associate Director Joseph Cordes He continued, “We are proud of
ing professional organization for federal budgeting professionals their accomplishments ”
Three winning entrants received stipends of $1,000 to apply The 2009 TSPPPA finalists (with their research projects) were:
to their graduate work One of these awards went to Carl Davis
• C arl Davis (MPP 2010)
(Master of Public Policy program) Another GW student (Mariel
Spending By Another Name: Approaches for Enhancing
John of the Elliott School of International Affairs) received one of
Transparency of Tax Expenditures
the two remaining awards
• Br ian Elderbroom (MPA 2009)
Accounting for Joblessness: The Budgetary Treatment of
The finalists, including the four TSPPPA finalists listed at right,
Unemployment Insurance
presented their research at the AABPA Spring Symposium,
Transforming Crisis into Opportunity The symposium was held • M att Kazan (MPP 2009)
April 16, 2009 at the Capitol Hilton Hotel in Washington D C The Medicare’s True Cost: A New Look to This Country’s Growing
research projects were presented in poster form, and the finalists Fiscal Challenge
were also interviewed by a panel of academics and budget and
• A shley Palmer (MPP 2009)
policy practitioners In addition, the posters were viewed by the
Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Healthy San Francisco Program
more than 200 attendees at the symposium Comments from the
conference participants and the competition judges concerning
the quality of the research were universally positive
MPP Alum Appointed to Key Federal Advisory Board
By Joseph Cordes, Associate Director, Trachtenberg School
Patrick J Kelly, MPP 2008, has been appointed to serve on the Association Board This coming school year, Mr Kelly will be travel-
ISC2 U S Government Advisory Board on Cyber Security, and ing to different universities around the country with the Partner-
joined the ISC2 Executive Writers Bureau, where he contributes to ship for Public Service’s Annenberg Public Service Speakers Bureau
cyber security related articles for Government Computer News, to promote cyber security careers in the federal government
Infosecurity Magazine, and others Mr Kelly currently works
for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors as a Reserve Bank Mr Kelly is also making contributions to curriculum develop-
Operations and Payment Systems Analyst, where he is responsible ment in the area of IT management and policy in the Trachten-
for reviewing the information security policies, procedures, berg School He is currently working with Trachtenberg School
projects, and systems within Federal Reserve Banks and making Associate Director Joseph Cordes, Trachtenberg School Profes-
recommendations for improvements sorial Lecturer Costis Toregas, and Professor Lance Hoffman in
the Computer Science Department to develop a concentration
Mr Kelly is a recent participant in the Scholarship for Service in Information Management and Policy for students in the MPA
(CyberCorp) Program through the NSF He also is very active and MPP programs
in Young Government Leaders and the CyberCorps Alumni
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